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| - My friends and I came here based solely on Yelp reviews. We wanted shaved ice, and this seemed to be the top choice in Vegas (Spoiler alert: Yelp did not lead us astray).
I haven't had shaved ice like this before. It's kind of like if ice cream and shaved ice had a cool little baby: creamy, but very light, and not one ice chunk. It's only mildly sweet, which is really refreshing, and also not overwhelming if you add sweet toppings. We shared the following:
Black sesame snow with red beans, mochi, and snowflake sauce: If you haven't experienced sesame as a flavor on it's own, I'd liken it to peanut butter, but with a slight bitter note. It's delicious, and since this is black sesame it gives your snow a grey hue, which, let's face it, is pretty excellent for your Instagram photos. I didn't love the mochi, but I'm only a fan of ice cream mochi, and don't usually love it when it's featured as a topping in this manner, so I think that's just me. The red beans were good, as was the snowflake sauce (fancy name for sweetened condensed milk).
Cantaloupe snow with strawberries, chocolate chips, strawberry, and chocolate sauces: This cantaloupe snow was so dreamy. Yum yum YUM! Granted, I love cantaloupe, but it really tasted like if you'd turned cantaloupe into frozen cream. It wasn't too sweet, and there was no fake flavor. Of course, the strawberry (this was just the fruit, no extra sugar) was a fitting and delicious addition, but the chocolate meshed surprisingly well with the other flavors. I liked both the sauces, and honestly could have even added the snowflake sauce too. I would second what another reviewer stated and suggest they have bottles of the sauces available to customers so you can add more if desired. About halfway through I wished I had more, and if they are free anyways, why not?
You have the option of three sizes, and we opted for small on both orders. It was plenty! You can only have two flavors of snow if you get the large (lame). The small is $3.93, and the cost of each additional topping is $0.50. They have bottled water for only $0.25.
The shop is small, with seating for maybe twelve people. Luckily, we were there around 2:00pm on a weekday so it wasn't too busy (although parking in the shopping center was atrocious). There were at least a few other customers either eating or ordering the entire time we were there. The two employees working were pretty quick to make our orders, but if it were busy I could see a wait of five or ten minutes.
In the Summer, especially, this is a light and refreshing treat that can't be beat. I really enjoyed it, and can't wait to stop by the next time I'm in Vegas.
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